The wealthy black British GP who seized a tobacco farm from a white Zimbabwean family today refused to apologise to them – as the plantation he has taken over stood deserted under lock and key, guarded by thugs carrying AK-47s. Dr Sylvester Nyatsuro would not answer questions surrounding the controversial […]

As many as 3 million people in Zimbabwe will likely need food aid this year, a government minister said over the weekend. The number is double the previous estimate due to severe drought linked to a potentially record-breaking El Niño in southern Africa, according to Zimbabwe’s state-owned newspaper the Herald. […]

RECORD heat temperatures in Zimbabwe and most parts of the southern African region are now taking a toll on people, livestock and crops. In its latest report, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fewsnet) says Zimbabwe’s area cropped for the 2015 and 2016 season is expected to be below average due […]

WHEN Thabiso Dube isn’t helping his mother at home, the scrawny 8-year-old is working alongside her, doing odd jobs in exchange for food. He should be in class, but has virtually dropped out of school because he is always hungry, said his mother Sithandile Dube, of Lupane district in Matebeleland North […]